Kolkata, July 6 (IANS) Former Chief Minister and Trinamool Congress supremo Mamata Banerjee on Monday took to the streets to protest against the alleged rape and murder incident at Baruipur in South 24 Parganas district. Banerjee led a candlelight procession from her house in the Kalighat area of south Kolkata. The police and central forces stopped Mamata and Trinamool leaders and workers in front of the house.However, the barricades were broken, and the procession moved forward, causing great t…
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Kolkata, June 30 (IANS) The annual ‘Martyrs’ Day’ rally of Trinamool Congress will not be allowed this time at the old and traditional venue in front of CESC House at the busy Esplanade crossing in central Kolkata, the police on Tuesday informed both factions of the party.Both factions — one led by former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and her nephew, Abhishek Banerjee and the other led by the expelled party legislator, Ritabrata Banerjee — have sought police permission to conduc…
Kolkata, June 23 (IANS) The Mamata Banerjee-aligned faction in the Trinamool Congress (TMC) has written to the Election Commission of India (ECI), furnishing details of what it claims is the party’s original national working committee.The faction, describing itself as the “original but minority” group loyal to former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee and party general secretary Abhishek Banerjee, asserted that its list represents the “real” national working committee, counteri…
Kolkata, June 20 (IANS) Amid a series of resignations of erstwhile Trinamool Congress leaders over the past few days, seeking relief from all organisational posts held earlier, party supremo Mamata Banerjee on Saturday reconstituted the party’s internal disciplinary committee. The five members of the new internal disciplinary committee include the leader of the Trinamool Congress’s Parliamentary Party in Rajya Sabha, Derek O’Brien, his colleague in the Rajya Sabha, Dola Sen, party legislat…
Kolkata, June 6 (IANS) Trinamool Congress legislator and party spokesman, Kunal Ghosh, on Saturday made a social media post indirectly questioning the decisions adopted at the national working committee meeting of the party held a day before where decisions regarding distribution of organisational portfolio was taken. In the Friday’s meeting, the decision was taken to retain Abhishek Banerjee, the nephew of former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee, as the Trinamool Congress’ General Sec…
Kolkata, June 5 (IANS) Former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee — the Trinamool Congress supremo — on Friday announced her decision to retain her nephew and the party Lok Sabha member, Abhishek Banerjee, as the party’s general secretary.However, she also appointed the party’s Rajya Sabha members, Derek O’Brien and Dola Sen as deputy general secretaries, which according to political observers, means that Abhishek Banerjee would no more be able to unanimously adopt organisational decisi…
Kolkata, June 2 (IANS) Trinamool Congress (TMC) supremo and former West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee on Tuesday said that if she survives, she will surely displace the Bharatiya Janata Party (BJP) from power in the state after foiling alleged attempts by the saffron camp’s central leadership to disintegrate TMC. “If I survive, I will surely displace the BJP from the position of power in West Bengal. Their central leadership in New Delhi is trying to disintegrate the Trinamool Congre…
Kolkata, May 1 (IANS) The Trinamool Congress on Friday alleged irregularities involving access to a sealed strongroom in Kolkata, demanding an explanation from the Election Commission while asserting that the party would remain vigilant to prevent any tampering with votes.Trinamool leader Shashi Panja claimed that party representatives noticed suspicious activity through surveillance footage. “On camera number 17, we saw certain individuals inside strongrooms that had been sealed by our agents. …
Kolkata, April 30 (IANS) Trinamool Congress MP Dola Sen, commenting on the exit polls, on Thursday said that her party does not pay attention to such projections. Talking to IANS, Sen said: “We don’t bother about exit polls. I don’t know whether you were in journalism then or not, but we have seen exit polls in 2021 — and not only in 2021, but also in 2016, 2019, and 2024. We have witnessed them repeatedly. But Trinamool Congress is Trinamool Congress, and Mamata is Mamata (CM Mamata Banerj…
New Delhi, Feb 9 (IANS) The Supreme Court is scheduled to hear on Monday the plea filed by West Bengal Chief Minister Mamata Banerjee challenging the ongoing Special Intensive Revision (SIR) of electoral rolls in the poll-bound state scheduled to be held this year.As per the cause list published on the website of the apex court, a Bench led by the Chief Justice of India (CJI) Surya Kant and comprising Justices Joymalya Bagchi and N.V. Anjaria will take up Banerjee’s petition along with similar p…